I say that in my head every time I meet a child named Charlie. Don't get me wrong, I like Charlie. As a nickname. On a boy. Named Charles. Maybe at a stretch as a nickname for Charlotte (though I prefer Lottie). But Charlie, to me, does not belong on a birth certificate. Just my personal taste I guess.

A woman I played netball with had a Shakira. Whenever Wherever was a hit at the time. That one surprised me.

And recently someone I know onlike had a Tkai. To me that sounds like a name of a Vulcan on Star Trek, I still can't get my head around that one.

My sister in law and her husband chosed some really unusual names for their children, but I didn't react until their yougest was born and they named him NapoleonIsaac. They always call him Leo, so it's not a problem, but c'mon Napoleon? That's really something.

Another one of SO's relatives has a daughter named Skyelar. To defend the spelling, the mother was only 15 when she was born.